Useless lights to bring to light

Nowadays, for some reason, NYC is one of the hottest spots of the world in the media and in most people's minds.


Is it because it is considered as the capital of the extremes and of the possibles?


Probably. 


This time, I would like to focus on one of its extremes. At first, one of the most striking points of NY is all its lights. Last year, I took a picture to show the extreme of all its lights, turned on sometimes at very wrong moments as this picture, taken on a sunny afternoon late August 2009, can attest it.

I know that a lot of other cities are doing the same as NY so NY is not the only city to be blamed but shouldn't the Big Apple take advantage of the granted attentions to be a reference in the environmental realm? As a world leading city, shouldn't it take this responsibility?